--- title: He then took his three little children to his father-in-law, asking… — Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria · tree and pragmatics description: He then took his three little children to his father-in-law, asking him to look after them for him, as he was going to Inde to try and get Edidor to return to him. Who acts: Ode, Edidor. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ode, Edidor), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg70959:17:8 # text = He then took his three little children to his father-in-law, asking him to look after them for him, as he was going to Inde to try and get Edidor to return to him. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 5 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 10 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 20 after after ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Inde Inde PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 35 Edidor Edidor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Ode | Ode's three little children | | Ode's law father | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent child=Theme to law=Destination | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | Ode *not said here* | | Ode | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **look** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ode *not said here* | | | | after children *= child* | for Ode | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for he=Theme | | 4 | **go** | past · progressive | Ode | | Inde | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **try** | to-infinitive | Ode *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **get** | infinitive | Ode *not said here* | Edidor | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **return** | to-infinitive | Edidor *not said here* | | Ode | | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to he=Result | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Project Gutenberg book 70959 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/9/) - ↑ back to [Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/)